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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Video: Family Exhumes Navy Seaman’s Body to Investigate Death

Parents hire medical examiner to conduct second autopsy; shocked by missing bone in body and embalming.

Part 4 of Special Report: Death at Naval Station Great Lakes “When we saw my son’s body in the casket, he looked like he was — excuse my language — beaten the hell out of,” Al Antonacci recalled.   “No, he didn’t look beaten, he looked tortured,” his wife Lisa added.   On Feb. 1, 2010, their son Kyle was discovered hanging in the closet of his room on the base of Naval Station Great Lakes, 40 miles north of Chicago on Lake Michigan. Authorities would not comment on Kyle’s death because they’re still investigating the manner in which he died. It has not been ruled a homicide or suicide. However, Patch has been notified the investigation was recently completed and is currently awaiting its results.   The Antonaccis believe their son was …

john simonivich

7:56 pm on Friday, October 14, 2011

First the sailor was not charged with rape, he was charged with having sex with someone that was substantially incapacitated. The female marine was not drunk, her BAC was .134 after the incident and she had been drinking again before the BAC was taken. She was also a raging alcoholic. She was intimate friends with the sailor she accused of having sex with her while she was passed out. However the…   more ›

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